[dpdk-dev] [RFC PATCH] mark experimental variables

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon, 25 Nov 2019 17:13:14 +0100
David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com> wrote:

> So far, we did not pay attention to direct access to variables but they
> are part of the API/ABI too and should be clearly identified.
> 
> Introduce a __rte_experimental_var tag and mark existing variables.
> 
> Fixes: a4bcd61de82d ("buildtools: add script to check experimental API exports")
> Cc: stable at dpdk.org
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Marchand <david.marchand at redhat.com>
> ---
> Quick patch to try to catch experimental variables.
> Not sure if we could use a single section, so please advise if there is
> better to do about this.
> 
> ---
>  buildtools/check-experimental-syms.sh      | 17 +++++++++++++++--
>  devtools/checkpatches.sh                   | 14 +++++++++-----
>  doc/guides/contributing/abi_policy.rst     |  7 ++++---
>  drivers/net/ice/rte_pmd_ice.h              |  3 +++
>  lib/librte_cryptodev/rte_crypto_asym.h     |  3 +++
>  lib/librte_eal/common/include/rte_compat.h |  5 +++++
>  lib/librte_ethdev/rte_flow.h               | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  lib/librte_port/rte_port_eventdev.h        |  5 +++++
>  8 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

This is a good idea, but the patch has gone stale in 4 years.
Symbols have changed, directories have changed.
If someone wants to continue this, please rebase and recheck.

Marking the original patch with Changes Requested.